Drill Attack
Description
A homing drill.
The Drill Attack [1] is a recurring move in the Sonic the Hedgehog series . It is a technique used by the Egg Dragoon where it fires its drill as a missile.
Description
The Drill Attack is a very dangerous and destructive move. When using it, the Egg Dragoon locks onto a target and launches its main drill as an electrified dart/missile. After that, it reloads its arm with another drill. This attack's impact is great enough to penetrate meter-thick metal platting. Following its upgrade during the Time Eater incident, this attack became able to create a devastating electrical explosion upon impact as well.
Game appearances
Sonic Unleashed
The Drill Attack breaking through the foothold in Sonic Unleashed .
In Sonic Unleashed , the Drill Attack is only used during the Egg Dragoon boss fight. In gameplay, the Egg Dragoon launches its Drill Attack at Sonic during every Real-Time Interaction done on it, which can be dodged by pressing the correct buttons. After completing the Egg Dragoon's first Real-Time Interaction, the mech will also use the Drill Attack to destroy the foothold the battle takes place one and make the player drop down on the second one. If the player takes too long to defeat the Egg Dragoon atop the second foothold, the Egg Dragoon will eventually use the Drill Attack again to move onto the next foothold.
When the Drill Attack is launched at the foothold, it only affects the foothold, as it is always initiated during a cinematic scene where the player's location on the foothold does not matter, thus preserving them from its impact.
Sonic Generations
In the HD version of Sonic Generations , the Drill Attack only appears during the Egg Dragoon boss battle. During the intro to this battle, the Egg Dragoon will fire a Drill Attack at Sonic , who promptly dodges it, as a warning shot.
In gameplay, the Drill Attack is a long-distance attack for Sonic. Whenever the Egg Dragoon is about to launch it, a red targeting marker will appear over Sonic to warn the player. The Egg Dragoon uses this attack under three circumstances:
If the player has been launched onto the Grind Rails along the arena, the Egg Dragoon will fire the Drill Attack at Sonic as he rides down the rails. To avoid the attack, the player must use the Boost while grinding .
When the Egg Dragoon is nearly defeated and Sonic is fighting in 3D perspective, the Egg Dragoon will use the Drill Attack as a final move. This time around, the Egg Dragoon will fire a number of Drill Attacks right in front of Sonic so he will get caught in the explosions from their impacts. The Drill Attack's explosions also last much longer so the player has a greater chance of getting caught in them. To avoid the attack, the player has to use the Quick Step just before the drill impacts the ground.
During the battle's Skydiving segments, the Egg Dragoon only attacks using the Drill Attack. This time around, the Drill Attack is faster than before, and is trickier to dodge. To avoid the attack, the player must constantly move to the sides when the attack is utilized.
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References
Main article | Script | Credits (Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 , Wii/PlayStation 2 ) | Glitches | Beta elements | Gallery | Re-releases (mobile )
Characters
Sonic (Super Sonic , Sonic the Werehog ) | Chip (Gaia Colossus ) | Tails | Amy | Dr. Eggman | SA-55 | Professor Pickle | Dark Gaia (Perfect Dark Gaia )
Town Stages /Villages
Apotos | Mazuri | Spagonia | Chun-nan | Holoska | Shamar | Empire City * | Adabat | Eggmanland
Action Stages / Stages
Windmill Isle | Savannah Citadel * | Rooftop Run | Dragon Road | Cool Edge | Arid Sands | Skyscraper Scamper * | Jungle Joyride | Eggmanland
Residents
Apotos
Alexis | Anastasia | Eric | Gregorios | Hot Dog Vendor * | Ice Cream Vendor | Lambros | Lucas * | Milos * | Sandra
Spagonia
Aida * | Barbara | Ciccio | David | Denise | Dora | Elio * | Federica | Franco * | Gigi | Hot Dog Vendor * | Ippolita | Irma * | Josef | Lilli * | Lucia | Marcantonio * | Mauro | Natalia * | Otto | Professor Pickle | Professor Pickle's Assistant | Raimondo
Mazuri
Ana | Essie | Gwek | Hog Dog Vendor * | Kofi | Kwami | Kwod | Yawa | Yaya
Chun-nan
Chun | Hot Dog Vendor * | Hualin | Jinlin * | Lin | Shuifon | Wang * | Yilin | Zonshen
Holoska
Hot Dog Vendor * | Jari-Pekka | Jari-Thure | Marketa | Sarianna | Ursule
Shamar
Ara | Dimah | Ehsan | Erhan | Hizir | Hot Dog Vendor * | Iman | Labib | Latif | Layla | Mufid | Musaid | Raniya | Sa'id | Sadiq | Safi | Samia | Sammar | Shadi | Utba | Yasmine
Empire City
Boss * | Brenda * | Charles * | Def Big * | Elizabeth * | Hot Dog Vendor * | Li'l Kate * | Louie Montaine * | Robert *
Adabat
Hot Dog Vendor * | Jamal | Kaeo | Nagi | Rudi | Teanchai
Eggmanland
EF-DC1998 * | EF-MD1991 * | EF-XB2006 * | Hot Dog Vendor *
Misc.
Baker | Lah | Su * | Uh * | Wentos *
Enemies
Eggman's Machinery
Aero-Cannon | Aero-Chaser | Egg Blizzard | Egg Burst | Egg Fighter | Egg Fighter: Knight (Electric shield , Spring shield ) | Egg Fighter: Shield (Electric shield , Spring shield ) | Egg Fighter: Sword * | Egg Flame | Egg Launcher (H) | Egg Launcher (H+V) | Egg Launcher (V) | Egg Shackle | Egg Shooter | Egg Typhoon | Gold Aero-Cannon | Interceptor | Little Fighter * | Mole Cannon | Spinner | Thunder Ball | Thunder Spinner
Dark Gaia's minions
Big Mother | Cure Master * | Dark Bat | Dark Bat Sniper | Dark Eel * | Dark Fright | Dark Master ** | Deep Nightmare | Evil Flower * | Fire Master | Fright Master | Killer Bee | Lightning Master | Little Rex | Nightmare | Power Master * | Red Fright | Red Killer Bee | Red Nightmare ** | Red Deep Nightmare ** | Red Rex | Red Titan ** | Spike ** | Thunder Bat | Titan
Bosses
Egg Beetle | Egg Cauldron * | Egg Devil Ray | Egg Dragoon | Egg Lancer | Dark Gaia | Dark Gaia Phoenix | Dark Guardian | Dark Moray | Perfect Dark Gaia
Moves/ Techniques
Sonic
Air Boost | Crouch | Foot Sweep * | Grind Step | Grinding | Homing Attack | Hop | Jump Dash | Light Speed Dash | Slide | Skydiving | Sonic Boost | Sonic Drift | Spin Jump | Stomp | Quick Step | Wall Jump
Werehog
Dash | Double Jump | Grab | Guard | Unleashed Mode | Wall Shuffle
Misc.
Boost | Drill Attack | Super Sonic Boost | Turbo Boost
Skills
Straight attacks
Donkey Kick Combo * | Double Axle Combo * | Double Kick Combo * | Feral Were-Hammer * | Knuckle Sandwich Combo * | Sho-Hog-Ken * | Unleashed Knuckle Sandwich * | Vertical Were-Hammer * | Were-Hammer * | Werewheel Rush *
Hook attacks
Earthshaker * | Egg Scrambler * | Feral Wild Whirl * | Rolling Kick Combo * | Sho-Claw-Ken * | Ultimate Wild Combo * | Unleashed Wild Combo * | Wereclap * | Wild Whirl * | Wild Whirl Were-Hammer *
Aerial attacks
Aerial Claw Slash * | Aerial Claw Slash and Spin * | Aerial Piledriver * | Crescent Moon Strike * | Diving Bodypress * | Flying Double-Punch * | Flying Double-Punch Crush * | Hurricane Combo * | Shooting Star Combo * | Typhoon Combo *
Special attacks
Comet Punch * | Missile Punch * | Spinning Needle Attack * | Tricky Tornado Uppercut * | Triple Wild Claw * | Were-Claw Charge * | Were-Cyclone * | Were-Rush * | Were-Tornado * | Wild Werewhip *
Wii/PS2
Beatdown ** | Claw Charge | Crescent Moon Strike ** | Earthshaker ** | Wereclap ** | Were-Hammer ** | Were-Claw ** | Were-Wallop ** | Wild Claw ** | Wild Whirl **
Level up items
Air Boost Shoes * | Light Speed Dash Shoes * | Stomping Shoes * | Wall Jump Shoes *
Objects
1UP | 5 Ring Bonus | 20 Rings ** | Art Book * | Audio System | Balloon | Big 50 Ring ** | Blue Tea * | Blue spring | Bobsled | Bookshelf * | Bomb | Buggy ** | Buoy | Check Point | Chaos Emerald | Chaos Orb * | Container (Explosive crate , Steel Container , Wooden Container ) | Conveyor Belt | Crane Lift | Crank | Crystal Ball * | Dark Energy Key ** | Dark Gaia Force | Dash Panel | Dash Rail | Dash Ring | Door | Edible item (Apple , Banana , Canned Juice , Chai , Chili Dog , Donut , Sundae Supreme ) | Fountain | Gaia Key * | Giant spear ** | Goal Ring | Gift * | Gramophone * | Green Tea * | Grind Rail | Hanging vine | Horizontal Bar | Hourglass * | Icicle | Iron ball | Item Capsule ** | Jump Selector | Key Stone * | Laser field | Lever | Lovely Ring * | Maiden Statue * | Miles Electric | Moon Tablet ** | Movable box | Moving Crate | Old Necklace * | Planet Tablet ** | Pick-Me-Up * | Pretty Bouquet * | Power Shield * | Rainbow Ring | Ramp | Record * | Red Tea * | Ring | Shield Charge * | Snowblower | Souvenir * | Spike Trap | Spikes | Springboard/Spring | Springpole | Sun and Moon Medals | Sun Tablet ** | Super Claw * | Super Ring | Switch | Thorn Spring | Tornado-1 | Trap Spring | Trick Jump Panel | Turquoise Tea * | TV * | Videotape * | Violet Tea * | White Tea * | Wide spring | Yellow Tea * | Zip Line
English voice actors
Jason Griffith (Sonic , Sonic the Werehog , Prof. Pickle's Assistant ) | Amy Palant (Tails ) | Lisa Ortiz (Amy ) | Anthony Salerno (Chip ) | Mike Pollock (Eggman , Zonshen ) | Christopher Collet (SA-55 ) | Dan Green (Ice Cream Vendor , Prof. Pickle )
Japanese voice actors
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) | Chikao Otsuka (Eggman ) | Chō (Prof. Pickle ) | Ryo Hirohashi (Tails ) | Taeko Kawata (Amy ) | Tomokazu Seki (Sonic the Werehog ) | Ryōko Shiraishi (Chip )
Planetary Pieces
Endless Possibility | Dear My Friend
Other
Auto Running | Boost Gauge | Boss Gate | Boost Gauge | Chao * | Chaos Energy Cannon | Chun-nan's Treasure | Collection Room * | Combo | Critical Attack | Dark Energy Force Field ** | Don Fachio * | Doctor Eggman's chair | Earth | Eggman Fleet | Egg Dragoon | Egg Mobile | Entrance Stage * | Exorcisms | Experience Point | Freeze | Gaia Gate | Gaia Manuscripts | Gaia Temple | Gaia Temple guardian | Hallowmoon | Havok | Health Gauge | Hint Ring | Orb Result ** | Real-Time Interaction | Ring Energy Gauge | Shield Gauge | Shop * (Counter of Dreams 2 , Eggshop , Flying Fish Beach Shop , Golden Trading Company , Josef's , Surfside Seagull Sundries , Traveling Salesman Wentos , Treeshade , Ursule's Trading Post , Wang's Emporium ) | Shuttle loop | Sonic: Night of the Werehog | Sonic World Adventure (manga) | Spagonia University | SPD | Rank | Time of awakening | Tornado Defense * | Unleashed Gauge
"*" Exclusive to Xbox 360 /PlayStation 3 version "**" Exclusive to Wii /PlayStation 2 version.
Main article | Script (Console/PC , 3DS ) | Staff (Console/PC , 3DS ) | Glitches | Beta elements | Gallery
Playable characters
Modern Sonic (Modern Super Sonic ) | Classic Sonic (Classic Super Sonic )
Non-playable characters
Dr. Eggman | Time Eater | Tails | Classic Tails | Amy | Knuckles | Shadow | Cream | Cheese | Silver | Blaze | Omochao | Team Chaotix (Espio , Vector , Charmy ) | Orbot | Cubot | Animals (Flicky , Picky , Pecky , Cucky )
Wisps
Cyan ** | Orange * | Pink * | Red **
Stages
Console/PC*
Green Hill | Chemical Plant | Sky Sanctuary | Speed Highway | City Escape | Seaside Hill | Crisis City | Rooftop Run | Planet Wisp | Casino Night
Nintendo 3DS**
Green Hill | Casino Night | Mushroom Hill | Emerald Coast | Radical Highway | Water Palace | Tropical Resort
Challenge Acts*
Doppelganger Race! | The Buzz Bombers' Revenge! | Knuckles: Horde of Enemies | Swingset Circus | High Speed Challenge | Look Out Below! | Tails: Way Past Fast | Jump Rush | 300% Boost Gauge Challenge | Tails: Toxic Skies | Which Switch is Which? | Aqua Shield Challenge | Invincibility Challenge | One Ring Challenge | Amy: Taking the Leap Together! | Grappling with Grabbers | Underwater Ring Machine | Eggrobo Rush | Aerial Paradise | Ring Time Challenge | Amy: Topsy Turvy | Knuckles: Buried Treasure | 200% Boost Gauge Challenge | Balloon Bonanza | High-Speed Hijinks (Modern) | Cream: Chao Hunt | Hot Pursuit (Classic) | High Speed Challenge 2 | Resisting Arrest | Overdrift | Hot Pursuit (Modern) | Drill Baby Drill | Espio: Master of Camouflage | Lord of the Board | Thunder Shield Challenge | Rouge: The Bombardier | Rite of Spring | Cream: Helping Hand | Dash Ring 1-2-3 (Modern) | Topsy-Turvy | High-Speed Hijinks 2 | Rescue the Animals! | Espio: Way of the Ninja | High-Speed Hijinks (Classic) | Underwater Challenge | Rouge: The Temptress | Trick Island | Surf, Sea, and Sand | Terror From the Deep | Goal Post Juggle | Vector: Through the Storm | Flame Shield Challenge | Ring Time Challenge 2 | Power Stomp Challenge | Switcheroo | Blaze: Piercing the Flames | Four-way Cannon Cavalcade | High-Rise Balloon Climb | Dash Ring 1-2-3 (Classic) | Charmy: Don't Bug Me! | One Ring Challenge 2 | Barrel Ring Bonus | Rooftop Rail Grind | Endless Boost | Vector: Pick Up the Beat | With Your Powers Combined | Goal Post Juggle 2 | Chase After Blaze | Rescue the Animals 2! | Cart Challenge | Charmy: High in the Sky | Action Master | Orange Rocket, Blast Off!
Enemies
Aero-Cannon * | Butterdroid ** | Buzz Bomber | Buzzer | Chopper | Cop Speeder * | Crabmeat | Crawl ** | Dragonfly ** | Flapper ** | Egg Chaser * | Egg Diver ** | Egg Fighter * | Egg Fighter: Sword * | Egg Launcher (H) * | Egg Launcher (H+V) * | Egg Launcher (V) * | Egg Pawn | Egg Pawn (spear) | Eggrobo * | Giant Chopper * | Gold Beetle ** | Grabber * | Gun Beetle * | Gun Hunter | Iblis's Minions (Iblis Biter , Iblis Taker , Iblis Worm )* | Kiki ** | Klagen ** | Madmole ** | Mono Beetle | Moto Bug | Mushmeanie ** | Newtron | Rhinotank ** | Sandworm * | Spinner | Spiny * | Sprinkler * | Sweeper ** | Thunder Spinner
Bosses
Console/PC*
Metal Sonic | Death Egg Robot | Shadow the Hedgehog | Perfect Chaos | Silver the Hedgehog | Egg Dragoon | Time Eater
Nintendo 3DS**
Metal Sonic | Big Arm | Shadow the Hedgehog | Biolizard | Silver the Hedgehog | Egg Emperor | Time Eater
Moves/ Techniques
Playable characters
Air Boost | Bound Jump * | Crouch | Double Jump * | Drift * | Freestyle Tricks * | Grind Step | Grinding | Homing Attack | Hop | Jump Dash | Kick boost | Lightspeed Dash * | Mid-Air Dash * | Quick Step * | Boost | Slide | Skydiving * | Spin Dash | Spin Jump | Stomp | Super Sonic Boost | Super Sonic Missile | Super Sonic Spinning | Wall Jump
NPCs
Chaos Spear | Drill Attack * | Fire Beam * | Heart Effect * | Ice Wave * | Meteor Smash * | Ninja Arts: Camouflage * | Propeller Flying * | Psychic Knife | Restraint Trap | Ring Spark Field | Sun Burst | V. Maximum Overdrive Attack | Warping arm attack | Whirlwind *
Color Powers
Cyan Laser ** | Orange Rocket * | Pink Spikes * | Red Burst **
Skills*
Aqua Shield | Flame Shield | Thunder Shield | Twin Spin Attack | Invincible Start | Shield | Power Sneakers | Long Spin Dash | Treasure Scanner | Homing Attack | Hercules Muscles | Breath Holder | Boardmaster | Ring Time | Blast Off | Speed Up | Direct Jump | Power Stomp | Quick Slide | Acceleration | Smasher Bonus | Ring Energy Bonus | Boost Gauge Up | Serial Homing | Auto-Gauge | Gauge Rebooter | Trick Mastery | Endless Boost | Power Brake | Sure-Footed | Safety Net | Last Chance | 10-Second Rings | Athleticism | Time Break | Super Sonic | Sega Genesis Controller
Gimmicks and obstacles
Balloon | Barrel | Big Balloon | Bomb | Bonus Bell * | Bottomless pit | Bumper | Cannon | Capsule | Cart | Cloud * | Conveyor Belt ** | Crusher | Dash Panel | Dash Rail | Dash Ring | Dimensional Bomb | Explosion Trap | Fan | Flipper | Four-way Cannon * | Gear Platform | Gondola * | GUN Military Truck * | Hanging Bell * | Heart bomb * | Helicopter * | High-speed warp tube | Horizontal Bar | Iron ball | Jump Panel (plate) | Jump Panel (ramp) | Kao | Laser field | Meteorite | Movable box | Mushroom ** | Pole Elevator | Prism ** | Propeller | Propeller Spring | Pulley | Rainbow Ring | Rocket | Route Signal * | Seed Propeller ** | Seesaw | Slot machine | Spring | Spring Catapult | Spring Pole | Spike Trap | Spinning Top | Spinning Platform | Spotlight | Star Post | Switch | Trap Spring | Trick Jump Panel | Wall Jump Block | Warp Point | Wide spring | Zip Line
Items
Air Bubble | Boss Gate | Boss Gate Key * | Buoy | Chaos Emerald | Container (Case , Spike Block , Steel Container , Unbreakable Container , Wooden Container ) | Crank | Energy Core | Goal Ring | Information Pod * | Item Box (1-Up , Aqua Shield *, Flame Shield *, Invincible , Magnetic Shield **, Power Sneakers *, Skateboard *, Super Ring , Thunder Shield ) | Medal | Mega Mack * | Musical note * | Red Star Ring * | Ring | Snowboard | Sphere ** | Stomping Shoes ** | Time Bonus | Wisp Capsule
English voice actors
Roger Craig Smith (Sonic ) | Mike Pollock (Eggman ) | Kate Higgins (Tails ) | Travis Willingham (Knuckles ) | Cindy Robinson (Amy ) | Kirk Thornton (Shadow ) | Quinton Flynn (Silver ) | Laura Bailey (Omochao , Blaze ) | Karen Strassman (Rouge ) | Michelle Ruff (Cream ) | Keith Silverstein (Vector ) | Troy Baker (Espio ) | Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Charmy )
Japanese voice actors
Junichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) | Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman ) | Ryo Hirohashi (Tails (Modern)) | Takuto Yoshinaga (Tails (Classic)) | Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) | Taeko Kawata (Amy ) | Koji Yusa (Shadow ) | Rumi Ochiai (Rouge ) | Daisuke Ono (Silver ) | Nao Takamori (Blaze ) | Sayaka Aoki (Cream ) | Kenta Miyake (Vector ) | Yuuki Masuda (Espio ) | Youko Teppozuka (Charmy ) | Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao )
Music
Songs
Back 2 Back | Escape from the City * | Vengeance is Mine ** | You're My Hero
Albums
Blue Blur: Sonic Generations Original Soundtrack | Sonic Generations: 20 Years of Sonic Music | History of the 1st Stage Original Soundtrack Blue Edition | History of the 1st Stage Original Soundtrack White Edition
Other
Sonic's birthday | Boost Gauge | Chao in Space | Collection Room | Combo * | Corkscrew loop | Death Egg | Death Egg Robot * | Egg Dragoon * | Egg Gun | Egg Mobile | Egg Spear | Havok * | Health Gauge ** | Lair of the Time Eater | Miles Electric | Orca | Perfect Bonus | Rank | Skill Shop * | Sonic Generations (manga) | Sonic Generations of Skate | Statue Room * | Time Attack | Tornado-1 | Totem Pole | White Space | Winding Tunnel | Wisp Gauge **
*Console/PC version only **Nintendo 3DS version only